Storm causes some damage as it blows through the CSRA

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A storm caused some minor damage in the CSRA when it blew threw the region around 9 p.m. Saturday.

Sheets of rain came down as thunder roared in storing the storm that started suddenly – although not unexpectedly, since First Alert meteorologists had it in the forecast.

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Much of the damage was in Aiken County, including trees down blocking the Rapids neighborhood off River Bluff Drive in North Augusta. In that same neighborhood, part of a shed had been blown into a road.

Also in North Augusta, power was out from Exit 1 from Interstate 20 all the way down Martintown Road to Georgia Avenue. At Exit 1, Waffle House employees were stan